Orange Davis Pitchford^[1]

1808 - 1842  (34 years)

• Name	Orange Davis Pitchford
  Birth	1808	Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1830	, Allen, Kentucky, USA   [3]
  Residence	1840	, Allen, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  Death	Mar 1842	Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Burial	Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I40361	Master
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Elias "Eli" Pitchford,   b. Sep 1765, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA d. 13 Jan 1836, , Allen, Kentucky, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Ann Meredith Davis,   b. 1779, , Hanover, Virginia, USA d. 1836, , Allen, Kentucky, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1799	, , Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F9518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Edward Fitzpatrick,   b. 1810, , Augusta, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1855, Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1827	, Allen, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Virginia B Pitchford,   b. 1 Sep 1828, , , Kentucky, USA d. 1 Nov 1907, Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Nero C Pitchford,   b. 29 Aug 1830, , Allen, Kentucky, USA d. 23 Jun 1910, Rylir, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)   3. William F Pitchford,   b. 1835, , , Kentucky, USA d. 28 Dec 1862, , Allen, Kentucky, USA (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Orange David Pitchford,   b. 8 Sep 1842, , Allen, Kentucky, USA d. 1 Jun 1908, Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F9512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1808 - Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 27 Nov 1827 - , Allen, Kentucky, USA Residence - 1830 - , Allen, Kentucky, USA Residence - 1840 - , Allen, Kentucky, USA Death - Mar 1842 - Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA Burial - - Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Allen County was first settled in 1797, at several points east and north of Scottsville, by Jos. Ficklin, Toliver Craig, Henry Collins, Daniel Monroe, Abram Wood, and others. The first church organized was by the United Baptists, on January 31, 1801, four miles northeast of Scottsville. The first justices of the peace, and who organized the county court on April 10, 1815, at a point four miles west of the present county seat, were Walter Thomas, Edward Martin, David Harris, Wm. R. Jackson, John Ragland, Hugh Brown, and Elias Pitchford; the first sheriff, Thomas Cook; the first clerk, of both county and circuit courts, David Walker. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY BY B.Y. DeWITT We will let the first entry of the minutes tell the story: "Pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of the State of Kentucky passed the 11th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1815 and in the – year of the Commonwealth, establishing a new county out of the counties of Warren and Barren, WALTER THOMAS, EDWARD MARTIN, DAVID HARRIS, WILLIAM JACKSON, JON RAGLAND, HUGH BROWN and ELIAS PITCHFORD, Gentlemen, met at the house of WILLIA MITCHELL, in the County of Allen mentioned in the aforesaid act, and severally produced commissions from his Excellence, the Governor (Isaac Shelby) appointing Justices of the Peace in and for the aforesaid county of Allen. Whereupon the following Certificate was filed, to wit. ALLEN COUNTY Wills and Settlements 1840-1902 (ABSTRACTS) PITCHFORD, Eli Jan 13, 1836/Apr 11, 1836 Lawful heir: Daniel PITCHFORD, Orange D. PITCHFORD, Sarah PITCHFORD, Rebecca MANION, Camilla PITCHFORD. Frances HOWARD wife of John HOWARD. Livey FINCH wife of Bolden FINCH.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=168381152&pid=64 [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), 1830; Census Place: Allen, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 33; Page: 59; Family History Library Film: 0007812. [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1840; Census Place: Allen, Kentucky; Roll: 103; Page: 63; Family History Library Film: 0007823. [S937] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).